By Kundai Marunya
IN recent developments, 12 senior pastors from the United Methodist Church (UMC) in Zimbabwe have resigned in protest against the church’s revised stance on homosexuality. Three more are on the verge of tendering their resignations, while others are still considering joining the bandwagon. This decision follows the UMC’s General Conference — the international decision-making body of the church — where leadership voted to remove language that previously deemed homosexuality ‘incompatible with Christian teaching’ and permitted the ordination of self-avowed practising homosexuals....
By Shephard Majengeta
THE informal sector, often dismissed as peripheral and chaotic, is an indispensable pillar of Zimbabwe’s economy. It has emerged as a critical source of livelihood for millions of Zimbabweans.
Not only is it a survival strategy but a dynamic engine of economic...